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#FFBBBD

Light Pink · very light warm pink

About #FFBBBD

#FFBBBD is a very light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 73% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 26% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Light Pink (ΔE 5.0), with Melon the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BBFFFD (powder blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.09:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green187
Blue189

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 5.0
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 5.2
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 5.6

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #FFBBBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFBBBD.
1.60:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFBBBD.
13.09:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFBBBD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFBBBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C7C5BD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D1BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFB5BC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFBBBD?

#FFBBBD is a very light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 73% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 26% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFBBBD?

Use black text. Black on #FFBBBD has a contrast ratio of 13.09:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFBBBD?

Its complementary colour is #BBFFFD, and analogous partners are #FFBBDF and #FFDBBB.